Mature Douglas fir trees flank the trail up the Little Queens River.
An old miner's cabin at the Money Prospect about 2 miles up the trail to Browns Lake.
Walking through a dense Douglas fir forest up the Little Queens River drainage.
Trail sign at the Neinmeyer Creek junction 5.6 miles up the Little Queens Canyon.
After leaving the main Little Queens River Canyon, the trail climbs steeply through the trees to gain the Scenic Lake alpine basin.
Sunset highlights a lone cloud.
Pink light highlights granite slabs with Nahneke Mountain in the background.
Scenic Canyon sunset
Scenic Canyon sunset
Looking down scenic creek about a half mile below the lake.
Scenic Lake Trail.
Stunning wildflower meadows flank Scenic Creek on the hike up to the lake.
DYC, or Darn Yellow Composites.
Scenic Lake with the east summit of Nahneke Mountain in the background.
Scenic Lake reflection.
Looking onto Scenic Lake from the shoulder of Nahneek Mountain East.
Looking southeast from the summit of Nahneke Mountain East across Lake 8,331 and the Queens River drainage to the summit of Greylock Mountain.
The view up Queens River from the summit of Nahenek Mountain East over two unnamed lakes. Mount Everly is the shaded peak in the left background.
Lake 8,676 from the summit of Nahneke Mountain East.
Scenic Lake and canyon from the summit of Nahneke Mountain West.